Reba Merrill is a well-known entertainment journalist who was internationally-syndicated. As a talk show host/producer, she won an Emmy. She is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As a broadcast journalist, Tandy Culpepper has worn many hats. In 1977, he was host of a weekly PBS magazine program. Concurrently, he was hired to produce and present the weather at a network affiliate across town. The following year, he accepted an offer to report hard news three days a week in addition to working as the weekend weathercaster. Subsequently, he hosted morning talk shows as well as a nightly program called PM Magazine. For the bulk of his career, he was senior correspondent at an internationally-syndicated television news service, CNN’s Turner Entertainment Report. In addition to his television work, he reported for CNN Radio, CNN.Com, and People.Com.
This review of movies offers Reba and Tandy’s take on two films:
Queer was distributed by A24 and penned by Justin Kuritzkes. The film was directed by Luca Guadagnino and was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by writer William S. Burroughs. It follows the character William Lee who’s living in post-World War II Mexico City. There Lee encounters a young U.S. Navy veteran, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey). Lee pursues Allerton, who does not identify as queer, though Lee most definitely does.
Babygirl, also distributed by A24, was written and directed by Halina Reijn. It stars Nicole Kidman as Romy, a corporate CEO, and Harris Dickinson as Samuel, an intern in the company she runs. Their relationship is turned on its head in psychosexual fashion.